Powerful new body will steer key reforms
The proposed Australian Tertiary Education Commission is intended to help protect universities from the political winds of the day.
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Bid for massive overhaul of universities
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Visionary ideas, but where’s the money?
The Universities Accord review is full of good ideas. But, without money to implement it quickly, it is likely to fall victim to the political cycle.
Graduate jobs market back to pre-Covid levels
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Unis attack Labor’s new IR law
A new law prevents the Fair Work Commisssion from making employees worse off when solving an enterprise bargaining impasse.
The university divide: the haves and the have nots
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Hype or not, amazing quantum tech is already here
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Wealth tax plan for uni accord
Labor’s Universities Accord review of higher education is expected to back a financial levy that takes from rich universities and gives to the poor ones.
Student visa lag ‘costing unis up to $310m’
Universities have warned the federal government that the sharp slowdown in student visa processing will hurt them as badly as Covid.
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